[Cowboy Bob]

BTW, have you noticed that there has been no effort by the home countries (Mexico, El Salvador, Costa Rica, etc) to help their citizens in ant way? No medical help...no offers to repatriate, etc.

[Vigilanteman]

FWIW, Costa Rica is not part of the problem. They are part of the solution. They run what is arguably (after Belize) the most functional country in Central America and see no need to send their citizens abroad to milk their neighbors.

In fact, they host more than a few of them but are very selective. A friend of our who returned from a cruise there last year observed that they were not only highly productive compared to their neighbors but industrious and happy as well. Most own their own homes, mostly humble but neat cinder block construction and have a compact car or motorbike (often both) in their carport.